Have Mercy on Me and Hear My Prayer — The purposes of this prayer are: Confidence/Hope and Protection. Holy God, the psalmist expressed his confidence in you, no matter what circumstances he encountered, writing, “Answer me when I call to you, O God who declares me innocent. Free me from my troubles. Have mercy on me and hear my…

The Lord, the Lord, a God Merciful and Gracious — The purposes of this prayer are: Intercession, Repentance, Justice and Mercy. Merciful God, when Moses heard about the golden calf episode, he angrily broke the two tablets with the Ten Commandments that you had made. You instructed Moses to cut two more tablets of stone and return to the top…

If I Touch Even His Garments, I Will Be Made Well — The purposes of this prayer are: Increased Faith, Healing and Lovingkindness. Compassionate Savior, Mark recorded the great love you have for your children who approach you in faith when he wrote of the woman who had been ill for many years: “There was a woman who had had a discharge…

To Discipline a Child Produces Wisdom — The purposes of this prayer are: Parents, Children, Wisdom and Obedience. Heavenly Father, many of the proverbs in the Bible address the parent-child relationship and the importance of instilling morality in children and disciplining them in a manner appropriate to the severity of their misconduct. For example, “Anyone who steals…

You Have Sinned, for You Have Married Heathen Women — The purposes of this prayer are: Repentance and Obedience. Merciful Lord, when Ezra the priest returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon, he was dismayed and offended to learn that those Israelites that remained in Judah, or those who returned from captivity before him, had inter-married with the pagan population…

He Cancels the First Covenant in Order to Put the Second into Effect — The purposes of this prayer are: Illlumination, Justification and Reconciliation. Glorious Lord, the author of the letter to the Hebrews explained the concept of progressive revelation when he discussed how the substitutionary sacrifice of an animal for a human life atones for one’s sins: “The old system under the law…

Go Home to Your Own People, and Report to Them How Much the Lord Has Done for You — The purposes of this prayer are: Mercy, Forgiveness and Spreading of the Gospel. Loving God, when Jesus and his disciples went to the region of the Gerasenes, they were met by a man possessed by many demons. When Jesus healed the man and banished the demons, they pleaded with him…

Tremble With Fear! Strip Off Your Clothes and Tie Rags Around Your Waist — The purposes of this prayer are: End Times/The Second Coming of Jesus, Patience/Persistence and Resist Temptation. Everlasting Lord, Isaiah prophesied of the end times when there will be no more crying or dying, and there will be peace and security forever. Until such time, Isaiah urged the Israelites to lead…

The Lord is Near to All Who Call on Hi — The purposes of this prayer are: Humility, Sustenance and Mercy. God of Glory, we only know you through what you have chosen to reveal about yourself and through what we can infer from nature. We know that you are a loving and merciful God that wants his creatures to love…